Lake County Opinion
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Teachers should put kids above moneyOct 12, 2015 1:00 am - I feel strikes should be prohibited when school is in session. I get that unions make strikes legal, but they interfere with the education of the students. It's disappo...
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Editorial: Roles changing, mission the same for today's policeOct 11, 2015 11:00 pm - A host of highly publicized circumstances over the past year have focused attention on the behavior of police. They've also emphasized the police's changing roles. Daily...
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Keep hatred out of sports rivalriesOct 11, 2015 1:00 am - There is no humor in hatred. Your inclusion of the article about the Cubs and Cardinals by Burt Constable represents a new low in your publications. Humor should not...
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Editorial: Wauconda Sept. 11 memorial bickering an ironic embarrassmentOct 10, 2015 2:00 pm - In the immediate aftermath of the horrors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the nation came together in a spirit of unity that this generation had never felt bef...
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Local leaders should avoid small issuesOct 10, 2015 1:00 am - I agree that it is not very efficient for local governments to exercise legislative power on inconveniences like outlawing squirrel feeders or gravel driveways. These t...
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Simple licensing would solve gun problemOct 09, 2015 1:00 am - I laugh. But how could I laugh at another tragedy of gun violence? Because I laugh as though the politicians and the newspaper editorial sections act like there is no so...
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Disturbing failings on life, marriageOct 09, 2015 1:00 am - It is beyond disturbing that anyone could discuss the monetary value of fetal body parts obtained through abortion and yet not acknowledge that the whole living human ba...
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Ask vets' advice on VA doctorsOct 08, 2015 1:00 am - I am a service-connected disabled veteran. I do not want to be seen by an APRN at the VA. State Rep. Michael McAuliffe of Chicago has no idea what he is talking about in...
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Feeling run over by new Tripp bus planOct 05, 2015 5:00 am - It seems safe to say that families living near Tripp Elementary School in Buffalo Grove are being "thrown under the bus" with a recent decision by the District 102 Board...
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Drugs, gangs at root of Chicago's violenceOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - Years ago, there was heavy publicity on Memorial Day and Labor Day regarding traffic deaths on long weekends with heavy travel. This attention faded once it was "discove...